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I have quite a few but, only three really big ones. My biggest pet peeve is people who have bad table manners. There are a lot of bad table manners that are obvious that would annoy a lot of people but, it really aggravates me when people don't know how to hold a fork properly when eating. Like, the people who wrap their entire hand around the fork with their thumb on top of the fork, "woofing" down their food like they've never eaten before. That's primary pet peeve #1 for me.
Smokers who want to talk to me while their clothes and breath smell like cigarettes. The same thing goes for people who have had too much to drink. And then people who bring their whiney kids into the movie theater. I won't tolerate it. The first cry/whine, I get up and I tell one of the movie staff. I didn't pay to hear your kid whine and cry. Take them home! |
I think this thread is more appropriate for my OCD lol
1. I HATE when people put napkins on plates when they're done eating. I used to start gagging when I saw it, but now I just tell people to take the paper off the plates. When it's put in cups, that's even worse. The only time it's "acceptable" to put paper on plates is when the paper is neatly folded. 2. When I was younger, I used to have to touch non-circular surfaces as many times as my age (ex. If I was 12 and was eating at a square table, I'd have to hit the 4 corners, the 4 sides, and the middle of the table 4 times so that my "taps" would equal 12). If I ran into a wall, I'd have to run into it with the same limb (on the opposite side of my body) to make things right. Now, if I close a door, I have to hit the doorknob on the opposite side before I can "feel OK" about the door being closed. 3. This was terrible in college, but not that big of a deal now: Whenever I am at a restaurant and order coffee (or tea, or anything that requires sugar), I have to fold the sugar packets so that they're neat. With coffee, I stack the cream tubs and neatly place the folded sugar in the tubs. My friends hate it when I make them clean up their messes, but servers like it lol |
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People who stand thisclose to you when you're in line. I'm very big on personal space and I get really aggravated when someone is standing practically on top of me. I especially get annoyed when I'm paying the cashier with a credit card and the person next to me is standing so close that it's like they're involved in the transaction. I start covering my credit card, the receipt and my purse because I feel like the person is about to mug me.
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There are 2 things I can't handle
1. When people don't use their turn signals 2. If my iPod isn't meticulously organized |
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One of my biggest pet peeves is when people drive 65 in the fast lane on the freeway. It drives me nuts! |
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My biggest pet peeves are people eating with their mouths open. My brother in law has this bad habit and it grosses me out. Big time when he eats Mexican food.
Knight Shadow, my husband has major OCD. His clothes are coodinated to color hangers. For example, all slack are with blue hangers, short sleeve shirts green hangers, and long sleeve shirts are purple hangers. They all have a rotation so he know what clothes are to be worn on which day. My favorite is all the light switches have too be facing the same direction. If the light is on the switch is upright and light off switch down. In a room with two light switches in opposited sides of the room, I will go and mess them up just to get a reaction. One side will be up and the other side will be down. This drives him crazy. I can think of others but I will be here all day. Oh I do the same thing with the sugar packets and fold them nicely into the cream tubs. Except I do not have OCD. |
I agree with the people having no concept of personal space. It's so bad where I work now- people walk right into my cube, where there's not a lot of space, and just get right up on me and start talking to me. Looking at my computer screen. I've even had a guy reach over and start using the mouse without really saying why. Ooh, I wanted to smack it right out of his hand.
A lot of my coworkers tend to eat while working, but when they eat, their mouths are open and they apparently think it's completely cool to talk to others while their mouth is full. I am disgusted when little bits of food start spitting out of their mouths onto the conference table. |
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I really do hate wire hangers. Anyone who knows me knows that I cringe when I see people putting clothes on wire hangers. Dry cleaners bother me because they use wire hangers. LOL. I'm not crazy about it but I am known for confiscating wire hangers and buying plastic or wood hangers and "ordering" family members to hang an entire closet full of clothes on the new hangers. |
Dr. Phil, I agree about the wire hangers. My mom loves them and I can't get her to dispose them.
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I use wire hangers ;) I really like them.
Pet peeves: Grammar, it's not hard! I promise! |
Mine are primarily grammar related also.
"I seen" "flustrated" Or any botching of phrases such as "For all intensive purposes" <cringe> "waiting with baited breath" <cringe> And, of course your, you're, their, there, etc. |
No offense to AGDee, and any other members who were born and raised in Michigan, but I'm going to say my biggest pet peeve is Michigan drivers. I've never been to any state where people drive this slow and bad. It's really, really frustrating.
I also hate it when people run their mouths in the movie theater. |
people who clip their nails in public. just hearing the sound of the nail clipper is disgusting to me. i dont understand why people wont take care of their nail grooming at home and in private.
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My husband lived in DC for a bit (in fact he was taught to drive there) And he claims ppl there don't use the signal because ppl would speed up if they knew you wanted to change lanes. LOL
Mine is the sound of grinding teeth. I've been known to wake someone up with a pinch if they do it while asleep. Also, I think I was crowned Grammar Queen, but that means when I make mistakes I CRINGE if I can't "take it back". I LOVE THE EDIT BUTTON! |
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Misuse of the infinitive.
I hear all the time, "The car needs washed." No. The car needs "to be" washed. |
Low water pressure. Long thick curly hair takes forever to rinse when the shower is but gently misting you.
Blotchy print in paperback books, especially when it's crystal clear on one page and blotchy on the very next. When people say, "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less." I don't know why, but that bugs me the most. Also when people spell y'all, "ya'll." T_T |
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I really hate when all the lanes are going about the same speed (over the speed limit) and some joker is crazily going from lane to lane, as if they will break some magic spell and be able to get through if they keep switching lanes. I can't begin to imagine how tense these people are. It makes me want to sing Bob Marley to them "Don't worry, be happy". |
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I think another problem with the drivers around here is that people often drive in areas where they just aren't comfortable. For instance, I'm good with everything DC and NoVA. Anything in MD? I have no idea where I'm going. Where I used to live in other cities and be comfortable with the city and the surrounding areas in kind of a concentric circle, and stay in that area for the most part, people are forced to go in different areas almost every day around here, it seems.
And I love it when people make a left from the right lane and vice versa. |
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After driving in Miami and all of the major cities in Texas, nothing phases me.
I'm about to drive through rush hour traffic in Dallas and will end up in Austin, one of the most congested cities in the country. Lucky me. |
When people try to order while on their phone. Whether I'm in front or behind the counter this really gets to me, especially today. One lady told me what she wanted but it took forever for her to realize that she hadn't paid yet. She was holding up quite a line and my manager eventually got her attention. Then she got mad when she wanted her drink Decaf and sugar free and we had to remake it. I usually ask, but didn't want to be rude *cough*, and interupt.
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Worst drivers ever: Puerto Rico. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone use a turn signal there. I also saw a guy backing up on the highway once.
My pet peeve: Too much PDA. I really hate people making out in public. I cringe when I see a couple walking down the street with their arms around each other. I'm cool with hand holding and small kisses, but that's about it. I also hate when friends get too touchy feely. I remember being in class in high school once and this girl was giving her friend a back rub during class. It wasn't a massage, she was just kinda tracing her fingers up and down the other girls back. Ugh, it's making me super anxious just remembering it. |
When toilet paper hangs from the front. I need it to hang from the back because, in my mind, it's neater that way. I have changed it in other people's homes before, and understand that this is insane.
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